Commentary

By Elena Collinson

By Wanning Sun

By Elena Collinson

By Marina Yue Zhang

By Wanning Sun

By Elena Collinson, James Laurenceson, Wanning Sun, Marina Zhang and Xunpeng Shi

By Marina Yue Zhang

By Marina Yue Zhang

By Wanning Sun

By Elena Collinson

By Elena Collinson

US President Donald Trump lashed out at the weekend at Beijing’s planned tightening of restrictions over crucial rare-earth minerals. In response, Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on Chinese imports.

By Marina Yue Zhang and Wanning Sun

By Mark Beeson

If reports are true, the ‘ban’ is less of a final break than a negotiation tactic. It is China’s way of showing Australia the old rules no longer apply.

By Marina Yue Zhang

By Michael Clarke

By James Laurenceson

By Elena Collinson

By Wanning Sun

By Michael Clarke

By Marina Yue Zhang

By Wanning Sun

By Wanning Sun

If you’re looking for an example of how our media can turn a good story into a bad one, simply pay attention to how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s forthcoming visit to China is being reported.

Perspectives is the commentary series of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI), offering research-informed viewpoints on developments and debates in the Australia-China relationship.

Trade Minister Don Farrell doesn’t buy post-pandemic talk that China’s economy has ‘peaked‘ or become ‘uninvestible’.

After Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s ABC debate, Karen Middleton predicted that as polls continue to favour Labor, Dutton would become bolder and willing to take more risks – that he may decide to “go all out”. This, she believed, could pose a threat to Labor.

The biggest threat posed by the Chinese-owned Port of Darwin is not security-related but is the risk of the struggling owners becoming insolvent.

With the United States and China fighting over access to critical minerals used in tech and defence, Australia finds itself in a unique strategic position.

Successive governments have reviewed the deal to lease the port to a Chinese company and found no cause for concern. Both major parties have made a sudden about-face.

A new survey shows Chinese-Australian voters will continue to back Labor by a wide margin, though some may be swinging back to the Liberals.